Civiello v. Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp.

In this action to recover damages for the collapse of the roof and walls of a building in the town of Glastonbury, owned by the plaintiff Daniel Civiello and leased to the plaintiff Cycle World, Inc., a jury returned a verdict of $153,522 against the defendant National Lumber Company.1 The defendant filed a motion to set aside the judgment and, alternatively, for a remittitur. A remittitur of $36,000 was ordered on the ground, as had been stipulated by the parties, that the plaintiffs had received that sum before trial from two other original defendants in settlement of the claims against…